The day has finally come. I am sitting in my apartment, once again sacrificing precious sleep, watching the opening ceremony for the 2008 Olympic Games, and I have realized that all of the hard work that I have pot in over the past month has finally paid off. To see the excitement of this city, the smiling faces on the customers that we feed every morning, and the fact that I am only a mile away from the biggest sporting event in the world, it really puts things into perspective for me. I am at the Olympics!!! I will never again have this opportunity to be part of such a magnificent event, and every hour of lost sleep and every bead of sweat is worth it. You know why? Because I am in the middle of the single greatest experience I will ever have! The excitement has been building and building, and I have seen this city transform into what it is today; a huge ball of excitement! I have never seen a country (city) band together for one cause the way that the Chinese people have! I am so glad that I am here right now, and that I am part of this event! I guess I'll stop rambling now, but I had to share this excitement with all of you back home, and the only thing that would make this experience better would be having all of you right here with me!
One World. One Dream. One stoked Michigander!
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7 comments:
How exciting for you! This is what the trip was all about. I can almost here the excitement in your voice through your words. You are so lucky to be able to have this experience. Although I'm sure there were times you just wanted to give up, but you hung on. GOOD YOU DID THAT, HUH? Love you.
MOM
I love hearing the excitement in your writing! I so wish I could be there to enjoy that experience with you! It will definitely be one of those stories you tell you kids and grandkids 100 times in their life!
I'm sure mom, dad and I will be thinking of you when we get to watch the opening ceremonies tonight! Love you and miss you Christopher!
Chris:
Did you say that you are one stoked Michigander because of all the hard POT you hvae put into it over the last several weeks??
I am about to watch the opening ceremonies myself, and it makes me smile thinking you are there. I am so glad to hear excitment in your writing today! If you see Michael Phelps tell him Tara says hi!!! Try to enjoy the next very busy two weeks!
chris.....soooooo cool.....I watched some of the opening ceremonies and then fell asleep (big surprise) They were great! Good thing we have DVR so now I can watch the rest of it! You are so blessed to be able to witness first hand such an exciting event. I'm so happy for you.
That sounds more like the Chris Uhl we know!! Glad you are experiencing the excitment first hand. See you in September
Chris! This is incredible man. It makes it so much more fun to watch the olympics knowing you're there. Although fun, it must be a lot of work.
It was great catching up with your family. Hope to see you soon. Keep up the hard work twin cousin!
~Nick
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